Ryan ten Doeschate

Ryan Neil ten Doeschate is a South African-born cricket player who plays at an international level for the Netherlands, because of his Dutch ancestry. This all rounder bats right handedly and bowls right arm medium fast in the Netherlands cricket team. He has also played for teams like Western Province and Essex. Presently, he is a part of the Kolkata Knight Riders team to play at the IPL 5 season 2012.

Ryan debuted in One day Internationals on 4th July 2006 at Amstelveen (VRA Ground) against Sri Lanka. In this match, he bowled 5 overs, none of which were maiden, conceded 51 runs and made 2 dismissals. He was assigned the No. 3 batting spot where he scored 39 runs in 32 deliveries inclusive of 5 fours. This match was won by Sri Lanka by 195 runs. Doeschate played his first Twenty20 International on 2nd August 2008 at Belfast (Civil Service Cricket Club) where the opponent team was Kenya. He amassed 56 runs in 45 deliveries and this knock was comprised of 3 sixers and 1 four. He took 3 wickets while conceding 27 runs in 4 overs. Netherlands won this match by 19 runs.

=== Career Highlights ===

ten Doeschate took part in 33 One day International matches in which he accrued 1541 runs at a batting strike rate of 87.70 and batting average of 67. His highest score was 119 and he smashed 29 sixers, 130 boundaries, 9 half centuries and 5 centuries. He also took 13 catches. He bowled 1580 balls in which 1327 runs were scored and 55 batsmen were out. His economy rate was 5.03, bowling strike rate was 28.7 and bowling average was 24.12.